SC-900 VCE Exam Download

Microsoft documents for Defender for Endpoint (MDE) describe it as an enterprise endpoint security platform that supports Windows 10/11, Windows Server, Linux, macOS, and mobile platforms (Android and iOS/iPadOS). The platform provides threat and vulnerability management, attack surface reduction, next-generation protection, endpoint detection and response, and automated investigation and remediation across those supported operating systems. Because MDE supports Windows client operating systems and servers, it can also be used on Azure virtual machines that run supported Windows versions; onboarding methods include local scripts, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, or cloud integrations, allowing VM endpoints to receive the same protection and EDR capabilities as physical devices.

By contrast, malware scanning in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams is provided by Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Safe Attachments for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams)—a different service within the Microsoft 365 Defender family. This service analyzes files as they are uploaded or shared to detect and block malicious content in collaboration workloads, which is outside the scope of MDE’s endpoint-focused protections. Therefore: Android protection (Yes), Azure VMs running Windows 10 (Yes), and SharePoint Online anti-virus protection by MDE (No, handled by Defender for Office 365).

Microsoft’s official description of Azure Key Vault in the Security, Compliance, and Identity learning materials states that Key Vault is “a cloud service for securely storing and accessing secrets.” The same guidance clarifies that “a secret is anything you want to tightly control, such as API keys, passwords, or connection strings.” In addition to secrets, Key Vault provides key management: “Azure Key Vault helps safeguard cryptographic keys and secrets used by cloud applications and services.” It further explains that organizations can “generate, import, rotate, disable, and delete keys” and use them for operations such as “encrypt and decrypt, sign and verify, wrap and unwrap.” These excerpts confirm that Key Vault’s core capabilities include the secure storage and lifecycle management of secrets and cryptographic keys.

By contrast, the SCI content makes clear that infrastructure features like Azure DDoS Protection and Network Security Groups (NSGs) are networking/security controls delivered by Azure networking services, not Key Vault. Likewise, ARM templates are deployment artifacts stored in repositories such as Azure Repos or GitHub; Key Vault does not store or manage template files. Therefore, the two correct actions you can perform with Azure Key Vault—aligned with Microsoft’s documentation—are to store (and manage) keys and store (and manage) secrets.

Azure Blueprints lets you define a repeatable set of artifacts—like ARM/Bicep templates, role assignments, and Azure Policy—that you can assign to multiple subscriptions to deploy resources and guardrails consistently.

In Microsoft Defender for Cloud, the Free plan provides continuous security assessment and visibility into your posture via Secure Score and security recommendations. Microsoft explains that the free tier offers “foundational CSPM capabilities,” including recommendations and a security score (Secure score) to help you prioritize hardening tasks. Advanced features—such as vulnerability scanning for V Ms (Qualys-based), Just-In-Time (JIT) VM access, and threat protection alerts—require the enhanced/paid Defender plans (for example, Defender for Servers). Consequently, among the listed options, only Secure score is available in the free mode. This score aggregates the effect of recommendations across subscriptions and resources so you can track and improve security posture without enabling any of the paid Defender plans.